Don't tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.

I see a little progress, ... So as long as I keep seeing that, then I'm willing to give him everything I've got.

Give role players love. Praise can be most valuable when it’s merited by someone whose supporting role is often overlooked

You don't get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.

Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.

Part of buying the groceries is having a philosophy and trying to stick to it as best you can, knowing that occasionally you may make an exception. But, you do so knowing you're attempting to do it for a certain reason and you have to be very careful not to try to make too many exceptions, because then you wind up as a franchise with a team full of exceptions, which is not what you want.

If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don't care what the circumstances are. You still got competition.